Smoking rate in Britain falls to record low-Xinhua
LONDON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fewer than one in 10 adults in Britain smoked cigarettes in 2025, the lowest proportion on record, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. Around 4.9 million people aged 18 years and over, or 9.8 percent of the population, smoked cigarettes in Britain last year, down from 10.6 percent in 2024, according to estimates from the ONS Annual Population Survey. The proportion of current smokers has fallen by 10.4 percentage points since the data series began in 2011, when 20.2 percent of adults smoked. People aged 45 to 54 had the highest proportion of current smokers in 2025, at 12.4 percent. Those aged 18 to 24 recorded the largest reduction in smoking prevalence among all age groups between 2011 and 2025, falling from 25.7 percent to 7.2 percent....